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Contact person, Secretary, Director
Update 7 March 2025: Important datesImportant dates for the transition to myCorp (please see the end of this update for…
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Records
Director, Member
Corporations must keep a record of all membership applications given to the corporation and a register of current and former members.
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Contact person, Secretary
Your corporation size determines whether you have a contact person or a secretary.Contact personIf your corporation's size is small or medium it will have a contact person. 
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Contact person, Secretary
Every corporation registered under the CATSI Act is listed in the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations. 
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Records
Creditor/funder, Member, Director
Directors must keep proper corporation accounts and records that correctly record and explain the corporation's transactions and explain the corporation’s financial position and performance.
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Records
Director, Creditor/funder
A financial report details a corporation's financial performance and position. It must be prepared in line with the Australian Accounting Standards.
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Eligibility
Member
A corporation’s members make important decisions about how the corporation is run. They decide who its directors are, how it spends its money, and how it manages its operations. 
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Member, Director
Corporation meetings are essential for communication, accountability and decision-making.
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Conflict of interest, Eligibility
Member, Director, Secretary
When a corporation gives an asset or money to a person or group with a close relationship to the corporation, this is called a giving a related party a financial benefit.  
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Indigeneity
Member, Director
For a corporation to be registered under the CATSI Act, the corporation must at all times be owned and controlled by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. 
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
There are requirements for a group to register and stay registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).
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Member, Director
To call a general meeting or AGM: 
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Deregistration
Director, Secretary, Contact person
Two or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations can join together to form a new corporation. This is called ‘amalgamating’.
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Eligibility, Indigeneity
Contact person, Secretary, Director
Register a new corporation; transfer registration of an existing entity; amalgamate 2 or more corporations; or reinstate registration of a deregistered corporation.
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Member
Members of a corporation have certain rights. Knowing what they are puts members in a better position to play an active part in the corporation.Right to request the directors call a general meetingMembers have the right to ask directors to call a general meeting. 
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
ORIC has a range of corporate documents that set our regulatory approach and priorities.
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Eligibility, Deregistration, Indigeneity, Complaint
Creditor/funder
This framework outlines the Registrar's approach to ensuring corporations comply with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006. 
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Eligibility, Extensions
Contact person, Secretary
A corporation’s income, assets and number of staff in a financial year determine its size. The size of a corporation changes its responsibilities under the CATSI Act. This is so corporations do an amount of administration and reporting that is fair to their abilities.
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Complaint
Creditor/funder
Once a corporation has been placed under special administration, the Registrar will appoint a special administrator to resolve financial and organisational problems. The special administrator is a qualified, independent person who takes control and runs a corporation.  
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Member, Director
Members and directors can pass resolutions without a meeting. These are called ‘circulating resolutions’. The proposed resolution is written down and sent to all the people who can vote on it.